On June 27, 2025, a long-dormant signal reactivates from Hamburg's hidden places: Helena Hauff and F#X return as Black Sites with R4 on Tresor Records—their first full-length album and the first release under the moniker since 2014. Like a hieroglyphic recently discovered and translated, R4 feels more like a long-awaited resumption than a comeback.

Recorded to tape with minimal editing or post-production the record is a classic example of the symbiotic relationship that can come from the interaction of human and machine. This punk ethos isn't invoked through distortion alone, but through method; in the album's breaking from the received wisdom of hardness tethered to speed as most of the tougher pieces are lower BPM and vice versa (with one notable exception in the mind-melting stomp of BLOKK).

Across ten tracks, Black Sites traverse a landscape where genre dissolves into intention. It migrates through electro's danceability, acid house's corrosion, and into the liminal realm of machine funk—a genre coined by Andrew Weatherall, which sounds like the results of technology dreaming of soul where the emphasis is on live execution, on immediacy over perfection—a sound forged in the act of creating, not polishing.

In a 2013 interview, around the time of the first Black Sites EP, Hauff was quoted as saying that she wants "things to fit together properly, but on another level, I really want them to make sense together." That principle animates R4: The album's form reveals itself in time, with each movement echoing and amplifying the others to create a synergistic whole.

From the opening crawl of C4 (a name that like the music foreshadows the explosions to come) to the end-of-the-night bliss of MOTHERJAM via the intense peaks of BLOKK, 707, and classic acid track 3D it's clear that R4 is a work made with serious intent; a refutation of a world where streaming has made the two-minute single the dominant musical form again. R4 demands immersion, not just attention. It is not a collection of tracks, but a singular, recursive experience: a mirror in which sound and listener repeatedly rediscover one another.

BANDCAMP

Black Sites - II

Eclectic selections that blur the lines between acid, breaks, disco, electro, EBM, new wave, house, IDM, industrial, techno, and everything in between

www.operator-radio.com

Max Sinclair - 29th May 2025

https://soundcloud.com/frankwodorost
🛒 https://bandcamp.com/private/Y849Q2S8

"You Never Know" is Frank Wodorost's debut album, featuring 10 tracks exploring the tension between processed and raw emotions. Hope collides with fear, and the rush of life confronts nihilistic doubt. The sound blends romantic whispers, enigmatic intonations, processed guitars, melancholic synths, and desperate screams.

PREMIERE: Frank Wodorost - Detained [Self-Released]

TL Premiere #1960 (2025.07.14) : Ement - Choice Paralysis (Umwelt Remix) [PZ Records]

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For this 119th Premiere of 2025, we have the "Umwelt Remix" of a track by "Ement" titled ‘Choice Paralysis’ from his forthcoming EP "Choice Paralysis" on PZ Records.

The EP will be available from July 17, 2025 on digital on all platforms and from July 24, 2025 on limited 12'' vinyl. 

▶︎ Pre-order : https://linktr.ee/pz_records

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Release Info :

Ement – Choice Paralysis EP (incl. Umwelt Remix) [PZ Records // PZREC011]

Ement returns to PZ Records with a new seven-track EP that explores a dynamic blend of electro, acid, and techno influences. The release features a standout remix by underground electro pioneer Umwelt, who reimagines the title track Choice Paralysis with his signature intensity and depth.

Balancing dark atmospheres with raw energy, the EP builds on Ement’s previous work while continuing to evolve his sound. Rooted primarily in electro, it remains versatile throughout—blending experimental textures, acid grooves, and driving techno rhythms that reflect a broad sonic palette.

A personal yet club-ready release, Choice Paralysis will be available in both digital and limited 12" vinyl formats

Already supported by Dave Clarke, DJ Mell G

Preview EP on Soundcloud:
on.soundcloud.com/Z8CnnXLoOHLCRiI6VB

Tracklist :
1. A1 Ement - Choice Paralysis (4:38)
2. A2 Ement - Choice Paralysis (Umwelt Remix) (5:54)
3. A3. Ement - Remember (5:03)
4. B1. Ement - Wreckage (4:33)
5. B2. Ement - Sour Drift (5:05)
6. B3. Ement - Eyes On Prey (4:15)
7. B4. Ement - Haunted (4:25)

[PZREC011+LP] Ement - Choice Paralysis EP
Release date: 17th of July 2025 (all digital platforms), 25th of July 2025 (LP).
Graphic design: Tadas Karpavičius
Mastering: Ben Pest


PZREC011. Written, produced, arranged and recorded by Justas Džementas in Kaunas (Lithuania). Remix & additional production by Frederic Andre Bernard Poncet (A2).
Mastering by Ben Pest. Artwork and Design by Tadas Karpavičius.
Published by copyright control. (P) and (C) PZ Records, Kaunas / Cologne, 2025
pzrecords.bandcamp.com  

releases July 17, 2025

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Follow Ement :
Facebook : www.facebook.com/Ement11
Instagram : www.instagram.com/ement.music
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/ementofficial

Follow Umwelt :
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/21833-Umwelt
Facebook : www.facebook.com/umwelt.raveordie
Instagram : www.instagram.com/fredumwelt
RA : www.residentadvisor.net/dj/umwelt
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/umwelt-music

Follow PZ Records :
Bandcamp : www.pzrecords.bandcamp.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/pzrecordsLT
Instagram : www.instagram.com/pz.records
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/pz_records
YouTube : www.youtube.com/channel/UC880wokNzrrt7Oa-5jgRLvA

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Choice Paralysis (incl. Umwelt Remix)

Choice Paralysis (Umwelt Remix)

TL PREMIERE : Ement - Choice Paralysis (Umwelt Remix) [PZ Records]

She’s Not on the Guestlist

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Berlin-based record label Wie Ein Gott prepare to unleash ‘Sledgehammer‘ from Berlin-based producer XTR Human...Our pick is Baha‘s version of ‘Sledgehammer‘ thanks to its warehouse-primed techno sermon infused in euro-trance sweat. Kicking off with smoked vocals and horror-score synths, the track plunges into a blackout of breaks. As the track evolves, thumping kick-drums intertwine with bleached arpeggios and decayed monologues, wrapping the audience in a climax of ecstasy.

@krisbaha
@xtrhuman

XTR Human - Sledgehammer (Kris Baha Remix) [Wie Ein Gott]

New mix by https://soundcloud.com/zaatar_music!

Marie aka Zaatar is a Belgian-Moroccan DJ and producer based in France. 

Her style blends electro, EBM, and new beat, weaving retro energies with North African influences into sets that are as unpredictable as they are intense.

As a producer, you could have noticed her on labels such as Dischi Autunno, Ritmo Fatale, "R.A.ND x Echocentric" on DC Salas last album where she co-produced a track or "Es Mi Momento", the new label of Zimmer.

Enjoy the mix!

LYO#256 / Zaatar

Ćopko

Radio Joy 024 w/ Ruksby

https://soundcloud.com/bellydanceservices
🛒 https://bellydanceservices.bandcamp.com/

Broadcasting from Vienna to the Caribbean, Belly Dance Services unveils its 27th release – introducing Puerto Rico-based collective Panic Broadcast and their EP RAZA, a fusion of folkloric roots, cosmic rhythms, and Latin American electronic vanguardism. The EP features two original tracks plus two remixes, including one by label head Nick Hanzo.

Born out of the wake of Hurricane María in 2017, Panic Broadcast unites Raymond Gadget (Macroporno, Psiconautas), Jorge Martinez (Matotumba, SIMILAR), and Jorge Ramos (deep, Ha!) – pushing the boundaries of audiovisual experimental music in the Caribbean and beyond.

RAZA is an electronic rumba laced with Afro-Fusion textures – a cosmic celebration and homage to Jíbaro music legend Tavín “Hígado de Ganso” Pumarejo, amplified through collaboration with Oferenda.

URAYOÁN references the legendary Taíno Cacique who resisted colonization, delivering a tribal step rhythm rich with surreal tones – a hypnotic call for transformation and resistance.

The remixes expand the EP's sonic palette: Belly Dance Services mastermind Nick Hanzo delivers a breaky reinterpretation of RAZA, layering his own vocals, frog sounds and otherworldly melodies into a late-night floor burner.

Meanwhile, the Hypnotic Horns Remix of URAYOÁN bends the rumba-infused rhythm into a hypnotic journey, led by introspective horns and psychedelic undertones. 

Tracklist:

Panic Broadcast – Raza feat. Oferenda (Original Mix)
Panic Broadcast – Raza (Nick Hanzo Remix)
Panic Broadcast – Urayoán (Original Mix)
Panic Broadcast – Urayoán (Hypnotic Horns Remix)

PREMIERE: Panic Broadcast – Raza feat. Oferenda [Belly Dance Services]

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